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Sorting of apples for packing, . 134 



tables, types of, 134 



Soy beans as a cover crop, 35, 36 



Spongy dry-rot, description of, 96 



Spraying, effect on quality for storage, 118 



in eastern Massachusetts, 111,114 



in renovating old orchards, 32 



mixtures for, 32, 33 



of peach orchards, 48 



materials for, • 49 



to control apple diseases, , 105 



Spray schedule for apples, 113 



for peaches, . 49 



Stakes, setting, in laying off orchard, . 20 



" Standard apple box " defined, 149 



"Standard barrel" defined, 148 



"Standard grades'' defined, 149 



Stippen (or bitter-pit), control of, . 95 



description of, . " 94 



"Stock" defined, . 58 



growing of, for grafting and budding, 72 



preparation of, for budding, 71 



for tongue grafting, 63 



Storage, common, for apples, 115 



advantages of, . 118-120 



conditions affecting keeping quality in, 116 



dark, desirability of, 118 



proper temperature of , 116 



time to pick apples for, . ' 116, 127 



type of package for, 117 



weather conditions for, 117 



Storage houses, examples of, 126 



functions of, 115 



locations for, 121 



management of, 125 



material for, 121, 122 



packing rooms in, 123, 124 



principal types of, 120 



principles of construction, 120 



size of, 121 



use of old cellars for, . 124 



ventilation system for, 121, 123, 126 



Storage of apples in bulk, • 118 



promptly after picking, . 117 



cold or refrigerated, ■ 120 



inspection of apples in, 158 



of grafts, 64 



prices for apples out of, 119 



Storage rots of apples, . • , • • ^^^< ^^^ 



blue-mold, • 103 



pink-mold, . 104 



scald, 104 



Stump peach, . . • 46 



Subsoil in apple orchard, 9 



Sulfur, atomic, use of, • 49 



compounds, dry, as contact insecticides, 110 



dust as a fungicide, . Ill 



